My Promo Video !
In my previous post I have stated that I have finally joined an events company with LIANG and ALAM ( from 8tv’s YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE ? ) . We are currently building a website together and all of us need new promo videos for our clients . I was stuck in a pinch . ALAM had his 8TV clips in his arsenal , while Liang has his own MTV videos . All I had were YOUTUBE postings filmed by my friends and people I do not know off ! ALAMAK !
Me, Liang , Alam and Christien New during our very 1st group meet up at Christien’s office in Cheras
I asked Josh Lim ( Advertlets CEO and my good friend ) to help me out . He graciously agreed and I taught I got it together . I have a SONY DVD Video Recorder and after looking at it’s quality , I thought that it was sufficient enough …How blardee wrong was I on that would be known in a while . Since there were a few gatherings in hand , I made full use of it to film a short clips of me performing . I got help from many of my friends , Josh of course , Thomas , Yvonne , Hannah Tan , Smashpop , Rames , Christien New and many others . Quite a number of local celebrities are involved in it , while already divulging that Hannah & Christien are in , I’ll keep the rest as surprises for later on .
Ras Angela , Josh , Daniel Tan and Me .The core of Advertlets team . Ras was the contestant of Star Celeb whom I helped out for the talent show and also my highschool senior ( This was taken today at Mid Valley ! )
My first clip was help with Thomas , who was supposedly organizing a bloggers meet up . He told me ` About 10 to 15 people will be coming ‘ ….Only 3 came , and I was somehow the 1st the designated venue …Getting that out of the way , I brought my vid-cam in the car , so why not give it a shot ? Hey 3 was good number . The so called bloggers gathering was attended by Me , Yvonne , and Tom …more of a tiny yum-cha session . The shooting however went on very well . Even the staff of the restaurant where we shot it, were used as spectators .
Yvonne , Tom and Me trying to open the files we just filmed …with no luck of course ( I’ll get to that in a while )
The next meet up was supposed to be a discussion of what to do , but ended up to be a short take . Hannah Tan , her super sweet friend Jessica and Reymee from the famed Innuendo came for the `pit-stop ‘ . The shoot also went on fantastically . Unexpected , impromptu …that’s the way how magic should be . I din’t have a cameraman nearby at that time and hell was I going to use a waiter as a cameraman . Tom was kind enough to rush from Westin KL to lend me a hand . Thanks TOM ! It was very casual , like 5 friends chatting while sipping a cup of coffee .
Reymee , Me , Hannah , Tom and lovely Jessica
With an industrial nail I just bent during the shoot .
Another one of the clip was shot during JED’s surprise birthday party . This was held at Pavillion KL and involved a huge group . I also met many new friends at the gathering and want to thank Smashpop and Rames for helping me out on the arrangements . Thanks guys ! The people at the party were simply a hell of a nice bunch and a few of them , shot their own clips of me performing . I promise I’ll get them soon , and post it up .
A picture stolen from Rames’s blog , with most of the attendees
Now for the pathetic bad news . Most of the clips were already shot , HOWEVER ( and this is a BIG however ) , I spent almost 2 whole freaking days trying to reformat those blardee clips to AVI or Mpeg format . I just read on the internet that this is a UNIVERSAL problem faced by SONY DVD cam recorders . SHIT man ! I have great clips but can ‘t edit them because the DVD cam saves them in a weird format called M2TS ! I have even passed the clips to the web designers in charged of building the new events webbie , and even they can’t do it ! I have just asked for the help from my friend , MIKE YIP who does video editing as a profession , and pray to GOD that this problem will be solved by this weekend . On another note , I will definitely show you the clips when the editing is done .Believe me , even the raw version exceeds my expectations .
Well thats all from me now I guess . Work work work is all that there is for me now !
Have a crazy weekend guys !
-David Lai





May 9th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Hi David, thanks for taking the effort to send me a message on Facebook to let me know about your new site. I think it looks fantastic and the effort that you’ve put into this website for the past six months really showed.
Also, glad that you had so much fun doing a promo video. I can’t wait for it
You, sir, have the balls and talents which many of us magicians don’t have, to go professional and you sure is very successful! Continue to have fun and may you find success in every corner and rock you turn. Cheers!
-King Chai
May 9th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Hey, I hope i can help you, but you dun just live in singapore, I do some video editing also and have sony video editor softwares. But i guess the raw version is too big to be sent thru net.
Good Luck bro..
May 9th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I’m sure you can get your amazing clip done in no time.
Keep it up the good work. All the best!
May 9th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
King Chai :
Thank King ! I really appreciate your comments . I’ll definitely update you when it’s done . On a lighter note , there is a short preview out by today ( or latest by tom ) depending on my friend , Tom’s mood . haha
May 9th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Larry :
Larry , I always do drop by Singapore , plus did you know huron’s gf is in a reality TV show here ? He drops by here often and I’ll meet him up.=)
May 9th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Jiun Jie : Thanks Jiun ! I have never met you bf but have heard many stories from my aunty . =) I do hope we can meet up one day !
May 10th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Actually we met once, at Sunway Magical Theater Restaurant, and you brought me up the stage and showed me the Invisible Deck effect. We will definitely meet up one day
Btw, how come your name shown as admin instead or David? Go change your display name
May 10th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Haha , as i said, I’m still getting used to wordpress!.=)
July 4th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Nice website!!